The study of graphic communication techniques that engineers, architects, and designers use to express ideas concepts, or the expression applied design process, is becoming increasingly important. correct interpretation language allows development skills in training an engineer architect. For this reason, research on topic especially valuable finding improvements new proposals help toward a bet...

In manufacturing and distribution, a core process is logistics, and the cost of logistics is roughly 10% of GDP in the US. Designing, managing, and improving industrial logistics systems has never been more challenging, or more critical to competitive success. Fortunately, rapid advance in computational technology promises to provide industrial logistics system designers the kinds of design too...

Industrial design is one of the intellectual property categories, which is created by an individual using his mind ‘the intellect”. Industrial design plays an important part in the marketability of products. This ornamental or aesthetic feature of products could differentiate one product from another, both having similar function. Everything produced by man involves an element of design whether...

The new generation of innovative technologies, such as ubiquitous computing, personal informatics, tangible interaction, and internet-based systems, blurs the boundaries between objects and services. Purdue University’s interaction design program is its latest addition to the Industrial Design area within the Department of Art and Design. The goal of this program is to arm students with the nec...

Involving end-users can make a real difference in producing products and designs that actually meet their needs and wants. This is particularly important when it comes to older and disabled users, who often differ markedly from designers. This paper considers how such participatory design with older and disabled users can be put into practice in an industrial setting, through examining a study ...

There is a low uptake of inclusive design tools in industry, partly due to a poor fit between design tools and the thought and work processes of designers. Simulating visual capability losses is a technique with great potential in helping designers improve inclusivity and accessibility. However, we need to understand the needs of designers from different disciplines to improve the fit of these ...

As computer usage has proliferated, so has user frustration. Even devoted and knowledgeable users encounter annoying delays, incomprehensible messages, incompatible files, and indecipherable menus. The frustration generated by these problems can be personally disturbing and socially disruptive. Psychological and social perspectives on frustration may clarify the relationships among variables su...